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Karen Depp

Karen Depp began cooking in the 4th grade, making applesauce with her best friend in the backyard, using a candle, tart tin, and paring knife. She advanced to cakes and cookies by the 6th grade and continued to hone her skills as she grew up. She likes to say that the highlight of her culinary career was being admitted to the hallowed halls of LC Testerville. Alas, her first recipe attempt wasn’t so hallowed and resulted in her setting her oven on fire. (We have it on good authority the conflagration had nothing to do with us; her oven was limping along on its last BTU.) Depp modestly claims that her success in the realm of cooking comes from her relationship to good cooks—her mother, two chef brothers-in-law, and a Culinary Institute of America-trained nephew who’s worked with Emeril Lagasse.

Karen Depp
Tray of roast chicken pieces with pancetta, olives, and garlic cloves.

Roast Chicken with Pancetta and Olives

1 hr 30 mins

Two barbecue pork burgers with slaw and barbecue sauce stacked on top of each other.

Barbecue Pork Burgers

30 mins

A plate of shredded Coca-Cola brisket with a fork resting in the meat.

Coca-Cola Brisket

3 hrs 25 mins

Cast iron skillet with a pan boxty(Irish potato pancake) in it, on a wooden cutting board

Pan Boxty ~ Irish Potato Pancakes

1 hr

Mussels marinara garnished with parsley, in a white saucepan beside two wine glasses.

Mussels Marinara ~ Cozze alla Marinara

10 mins

A yellow Le Creuset pot with Nach Waxman's sliced beef brisket inside

Nach Waxman’s Beef Brisket

4 hrs 10 mins

A pot of smooth mashed potatoes--made with plenty of butter, cream--with a wooden spoon and pat of butter on top

Velvet Mashed Potatoes

35 mins

A deep roasting pan filled with roast chicken and vegetables.

Moroccan-Spiced Roast Chicken

1 hr 55 mins

A loaf of applesauce bread in a parchment-lined loaf pan.

Applesauce Bread

1 hr 30 mins

White casserole dish half filled with chunks of doughnuts in a pudding drizzled with a sugar glaze

Doughnut Pudding

1 hr 10 mins

A cast-iron skillet with 8 whole roasted onions with papery skins and creamy interiors.

Whole Roasted Onions

1 hr

Two bowls, one filled with smoked paprika and chickpea soup, with a spoon resting inside, and the other bowl empty.

Smoked Paprika and Chickpea Soup

30 mins

Old-fashioned kettle corn in a bowl, sitting on a green polka dot tablecloth

Old-Fashioned Kettle Corn

10 mins

A perfectly roasted beef tenderloin with Madeira sauce on the side ion a copper pot

Beef Tenderloin with Madeira Sauce

1 hr 45 mins

Three glasses of Maple Leaf Cocktails on a glass tray with cinnamon sticks

Maple Leaf Cocktail

5 mins

A light-blue gravy boat filled with svelte green goddess dip

Svelte Green Goddess Dip

1 hr 15 mins

A beige bowl filled with creme fraiche potato salad.

Crème Fraîche Potato Salad

1 hr 30 mins

A plate of fall-off-the-bone baby back ribs. Also, slaw and BBQ sauce on the side.

Fall-Off-the-Bone Baby Back Ribs

2 hrs 45 mins

Homemade pasta dough in 5 colors, plain, squid ink, spinach, beet, and saffron on a white background.

Homemade Pasta Dough

1 hr 30 mins

Cheddar cornbread in a cast-iron skillet, cut into 8 wedges, with one wedge removed.

Cheddar Cornbread

55 mins

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